It's perfectly legal as far as i'm aware, though obviously inadvisable at certain times. I've ridden on the highway between cooroy and yandina a few times, though only in the early morning, well after sunrise, with enough lights to land a jumbo. It's arguably safer than most of the other roads around here as it has such a wide shoulder and good visibility. I certainly wouldn't ride the glass house section at that time though, at least not without an escort like Dave Alley had.

When man invented the bicycle he reached the peak of his attainments- Elizabeth West.

Yep - Bruce Highway is legal to ride on from about Caboolture, from memory... Not that I would do it - apart from the traffic, its much nicer and more scenic inland...

As for the Gateway - of course you can ride over it, there is a nice new separated path on the Eastern side of the souhbound bridge for cyclists. Its part of my daily cycle-commute, and I can vouch for it as an excellent piece of infrastructure. If no-one else is on the path, I usually start tapping the brakes at about 60km/h on the descent...

Abby wrote:As for the Gateway - of course you can ride over it, there is a nice new separated path on the Eastern side of the souhbound bridge for cyclists. Its part of my daily cycle-commute, and I can vouch for it as an excellent piece of infrastructure. If no-one else is on the path, I usually start tapping the brakes at about 60km/h on the descent...

In a 10kmh speed limit zone?

Should be ashamed. I tend to pedal quite hard on the way back down. It would be a shame to waste the slope...

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